Horezu ceramics is a unique type of Romanian pottery that is traditionally produced by hand around the town of Horezu in northern Oltenia (Vâlcea County), close to the famous Horezu Monastery. It reflects many generations of knowledge and skills development of pottery.
Once you get here, you will discover not only a community strongly attached by this art, but also, a community eager to share its knowledge and secrets.
Both men and women have important roles in making pottery and the uniqueness of Horezu Romanian traditional pottery derives from the rigour they fallow the traditional process. The clay is extracted for hundreds of years only from Ulmet hill near Horezu, because the clay from here is considered special, with unique properties.
The colours are mainly prepared from local ingredients using old recipes.
Usually men form the objects and women give the finishing touch, decorating them. The clay pottery is first decorated with simple symbols and motifs, from which the most popular being the Horezu Rooster – Cocosul de Hurez.
Other popular motifs include the spiral, the star, the house’s snake, the tree of life, the lost way and ripple motifs.
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